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U.S. Telework Success Story Faces Uncertain Future

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Department of Labor is among the agencies navigating this terrain, with policies that increasingly pull workers back to the office. Beyond safeguarding public health, it revealed unexpected benefits: increased productivity, reduced costs, and greater work-life balance/employee satisfaction.

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Need a Mental Health Day? Look for These Signs

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adults experience mental health issues—struggles that can show up in a variety of different forms. People in leadership positions may have a harder time taking a mental health day because they think everything rests on their shoulders. What is a mental health day? In some cases that’s the opposite of a mental health day.”

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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How do I have agency? How Jewel became a mental health advocate She reflects on the fact that when she moved out of her house as a 15-year-old, even if she knew how to find a therapist, she wouldn’t have had the money for one. As a result, terms like “ mental health ,” “advocate” and “trauma” were not a part of her lexicon.

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Culturally Diverse Workforces Require Bespoke Mental Health Support

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There are barriers for specific minority groups to access mental health support in the workplace. Personalized mental health support is a solution to improving mental health outcomes at work, but this requires training, understanding, and insight into individual needs. According to Mental Health U.K., In the U.K.,

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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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The experience took a toll on her mental health. Watson, a licensed social worker who works for a federal agency, was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A trauma-like effect on Black women’s health For more than 15 years, Sierra Carter, Ph.D., I was good at what I did.”

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United Nations Agencies Offer Guidance To Address Workplace Mental Health

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United Nations agencies are warning that employers need to do much more to address mental health issues in the workplace. It’s time to focus on the detrimental effect work can have on our mental health,” said Dr. “It’s time to focus on the detrimental effect work can have on our mental health,” said Dr. Ghebreyesus. .

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When The Blizzard Hits, Why Are We Still Commuting?

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Remote work ensures continuity and productivity while safeguarding employees health and safety. In Japan, for example, during typhoons or heavy snowfall, government agencies and business leaders routinely issue advisories encouraging remote work to ensure public safety. For businesses, this is a matter of operational resilience.

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